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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
TO BE NO NEGRO BISHOPS
Episeopallans Vote Down Proposed
change-Divorced Members Of
Church Cannot Marry.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-An amendment
to the constitution of the church
calling for the establishment of mis-
sionary districts along racial lines was
voted down decisively by the house Of
deputies at the Episcopal Triennial
convention, in session here. The ne
groes have long wanted a bishop of
their own.
The Reverend Joseph Dunn of the
diocese of Southern Virginia, in speak
ing against the adoption of the amend
ment, said:
THE negroes cannot grasp the idea
of the church as yet. Their religion
at the present time is mostly emo
tional."
In the house Of bishops the provi-
sion in the canon regarding marriage
and divorce, which gives the clergy
man latitude in marrying the innocent
party to any divorce was repealed.
The canon now holds that divorced
members of the church cannot marry.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
CHICAGO & ALTON FIRE
Ten Cars Of Oil ExpIode-HoteI ard
Three Boarding Houses on East
ST. Louis LeVee Destroyed.

st. Louis, Mo.-A fire which caused
a damage estimated to be $750,O00,
totally destroyed the two freight
warehouses of the Chicago G Alton
railroad at Missouri avenue and the
Levee, East st. Louis, at o'clock
in the morning. The fire, while its orr
gin is not definitely known, is thought
to have been caused by explosions of
coal oil. The fire STARTED in the ware
houses, and rapidly spread, also de-
stroying the Southeastern hotel, on the
levee, and three other boarding
houses.
The terrific explosions that contin-
ued throughout the confiagration,
shaking the entire town like earth
quake shocks, were caused by the
burning of several coal oil cars that
were standing on the tracks between
the inbound and outbound freight
houses of the Chicago & Alton rail-
road, both of which were totally de-
stroyed by the flames.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
BIG FARM OPERATOR DEAD
David Rankin, WeII-Known c.aIIege
Philanthropist and Millionaire
Land owner, Succumbs.

st. Soseph, Mo. - Stricken with
paralysis last Saturday, David Ran
kin, operator of the largest farm
in the world, died at Tarkio, Mo. Mr.
Rankin was a leader in north Missouri
affairs and we'll known for his gener-
osity to educational and philanthropic
institutions.
Mr.. Rankin had always led a very
active life. He was born in Sullivan
county, Indiana, on May %, 1926, and
was more than So years old. Mr.. Ran
kin had been farmer all his life and
was a pioneer, coming to Illinois in
1881, when he was 6 years old, and
to Missouri late in the '70s.
In his business life Mr.. Rankin had
been successful, at the time of his
death owning about 10000 acres Of
good farming land under cultivation
in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. His
last invoice showed his assets to be
about $3,5OO,O00.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
ENGLISH STEAMER SINKS
Fifty Drowned and rs Saved In Wreck
Of WhaIley, Ner Arazolles, OFF
Para, South America.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-F1fty per-
sons are known to have been drowned,
with a possibility that the number
may be increased, in the sinking of
the British steamer Whalley. The dis
aster occurred in the Atlantic ocean
of the city of Para, on the coast Of
Brazil In view of the Arrozales light,
the steamship was helpless in a ter
rife storm and was dashed against
rocky projections of rough coast and
sunk.
1t is reported that rs of the passen-
gers and crew we're rescued. The YES
sci will be a complete loss.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
NEGRO Girls Not Desired.

The state school for negro incorrig-
ible girls probably will not be located
near Sedalia. The first site selected
by the commission was rejected by
Governor Hadley, after remonstrance
was signed by the residents of the
neighborhood. A second site was
chosen three miles southwest of the
city, but again there was a remon-
STRANGE on the ground that the sewer
age of the school would pollute the
city's water supply. Surveyors found
this was true and it is certain that
Governor Hadley will place his veto
upon the second site. Both Governor
Hadley and Attorney General Major
have become convinced that almost
the entire people of Pettis county are
opposed to locating the school in this
community and the belief now prevails
that the school will not be built near
Sedalia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
SAYS HE MURDERED TWO
Youthful Bandit Capture at East st.
Louis confesses to Committing
Long Series of Crimes.

st. Louis, Merchandising to q
score of robberies, many Of which had
been attributed to the candy bandit,
and admitting two murders, Lee Rho
dus, "a years old, recent bridegroom,
was locked up at the East st. Louis
police station, after he had been iden-
titled by several persons whom he
claimed he had robbed. Rhodus made
q complete statement as to the rob-
berries, but gave only vague informa-
ton as to the murders.
One of the victims, ha said, was a
Captain Potter, who lived in northern
Missouri He refused to go into any
details of the crime. His other vic
tim, he said, was a man by the name
Of Michaels, a Chicagoan.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
: MISSOURI STATE NEWS !
sHDoa:'aS'4+S.S'f''s'f4 S+s+-s'f'%'a-ta''
The LARGEST Farmer Dead.

David Rankin of Tarkio, who made
farming his business and made that
business pay wonderfully, is dead. The
| end came following an attack of par
| alysis. When David Rankin was first
married 60 year ago, he had only So
| to pay the preacher and made his start
in life. When he died he was pos
sessed of $4,000 acres of as fine land
as lies out of doors, equipped with the
very best in live stock and machinery,
and an estate estimated to be worth
anywhere from $4,000 900 to 5000, 600.
He made 1t all in farming, or rather
| in stock raising. He was said to be
the worlds largest farmer and yet he
seldom sold any OF his products, more
frequently buying corn by the hundred
| thousand bushels. He never believed
in marketing the raw product of the
soil. He could make more money by
transmitting his grain into beef and
| pork. David Rankin was born in Sui.
livan county, New York, in 1925, and
was So years old May %, last. His
| parents moved to Illinois when he was
n boy and lived on farm in Mon
mouth county. He served three terms
in the Illinois legislature as Republic
can. In 1874 he moved to Atchison
county, Missouri, bought farm there
and began to grow corn and to feed it
to cattle. He prospered and put his
| profits into more land. Land that cost
him $40 and SIS an acre is now valued
| at 500 and more. Some of it cost him
as much as $50 an acre, but none of it
has decreased in value. The land is
not all in one tract, but consists of
about 10 separate tracts, each of which
| is under a superintendent, but all of
them under Mr.. Rankin's supervision.
1t takes about 700 teams to work his
farm and anywhere from 300 to 500
men. In some years he has fed as
many as 10000 cattle and an equal
number of hogs. 1t was only an ordin-
airy year that didn't bring a profit of
more than $4,000.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
The Spots Disappeared.

Mrs Dolan lived in district which
was not as favorable for the outdoor
household experiments recommended
by the Ladies' Helper as it might have
been. This fact Mrs. Dolan was rapid
ly assimilatlng, and In a manner not
so uncommon as it might be she
blamed the estimable periodical for
her difficulties.
Il wisht had a holt o. that woman
that runs the Handy Hints depart
ment," she remarked to her husband
one morning after an early excursion
into the back yard, whence she re-
turned in high dudgeon.
II fought you fought she was q
grand wan" said Mr. Dolan, cautious
ly testing his cup of tea.
We'll, I've changed me mind, as
I've the rights to do" replied his wife.
"She said to put sody on thin stains
in the tablecloth, and Fave 1t out over
night on the line, an they'd be gone
entirely whin morning come. Sure It's
the tableeloth that's gone-the de-
saving woman that she isi"-Youth's
Companion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
WISE WORDS.
A Physician on Food.

A physician, of Portland, Oregon,
has views about food. He says:
II have always believed that the
duty of the physician does not cease
with treating the sick, but that we
owe It to humanity to teach them how
to protect their health, especially by
hygienic and dietetic laws.
with such feeling as to my duty
/ take great pleasure in saying to the
public that in my own experience and
also from personal observation have
found no food equal to Grape-Nuts,
ana that find there is almost no limit
to the great benefits this food will
bring when used in all cases of sick
ness and convalescence.
1T is my experience that no physi-
cal condition forbids the use of Grape
Nuts. To persons in health there is
nothing so nourishing and acceptable
to the stomach. especially at break
fast, to start the machinery of the hui
man system on the days work.
I'm cases of indigestion know that
complete breakfast can be made of
Grape-Nuts and cream and think 1t is
not advisable TO overload the stomach
at the morning meal. / also know the
great value of Grape.Nuts when the
. stomach is too weak to digest other
food.
''Ihis is written after an experience
Of more than 20 years. treating all
manner Of chronic and acute diseases,
and the letter IS written voluntarily
on my part without any request for IT,
Read the little book, eThe Road to
Wellyille. ia pkgs. There's Reason. ("
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
EXPECT RATE TO ADVANCE
Railroad Men Look for Privilege Short
ly After First of Year, Especially
on EASTERN Lines.

Washington, d. CAS- q result Of
the rate hearings in progress here it
was considered certain that the rail-
ways have so far succeeded in i'm
pressing the Interstate Commerce
commission that they will be permit
ted to increase freight rates begin
ming February / next.
A railroad man said that, in his
opinion, the companies operating east
of Chicago and north Of the Ohio river
will be permitted SO to increase their
earnings by advanced rates that they
can be assured Of $S5,e00.O0O annually,
This would leave a margin of mil
lion dollars above the amount required
to care for the recently granted wage
increases.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
STORM SWEEPS FLORIDA
ST. Augustine Sea Wall Proves FralI
Barrier to Storm.Lashed Ocean
Crisis Past at jacksonville.

Jacksonville, Fla. = The destruc-
tive store which swept the entire
Florida peninsula did damage .es-
timated at several million dollars.
Forty thousand square miles of terri
tory south of Jacksonville has been
without means of Communication with
the outside world for more than "a
hours. The last reports from this sec
ton, embracing all that territory south
Of a line from Tampa to st. Augustine,
told of hurricane winds and rapidly
falling barometers. The orange crop
in that territory and the vast trucking
industry probably are ruined.
Along the eastern coast many lives
are believed to have been lost and
the property damage is believed great.
The maximum wind velocity, 20
miles an hour, was recorded.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR
AND SENATOR sUccUMBs TO
A BILIOUS ATTACK.
HAD BEEN ILL TWO WEEKS
old-Tlme Politician Had Been City At
terney, Alderman, Mayor, Assem-
bIyman, Lieut.-oovernor, Gov
ernor and v. S. Senator.

Albany, New York.-David Ben
nett Hill, ex-United States senator
and former governor of New York,
died suddenly at Wolfert Roost, his
country home. About two weeks ago
Senator Hill was seized with a bilious
attack while at his law office in this
city and although his condition was
not considered serious, his physician
advised him to remain at home until
he recovered.
A cold developed and later alarming
reports of his condition were circu-
lated. These reports, however, were
denied by his friends; in fact, the
senator seemed to be on the road to
recovery until he suffered a sinking
spell which resulted in his death.
David Bennett Hill was born Aug.
29, 1S43. When II years old he en-
tered the law office of Col. Lawrence
ct Havana, n. Y, and when 81 was
admitted to the bar. Later he was
chosen city attorney of Elmira, then
being elected alderman and still later
mayor.
He was elected to the assembly in
1870 and again in 1871. In his first
term In the assembly he made mem
orable fight to abolish contract con-
Wet labor.
For many years Hill was a member
of the Democratic state committee,
and in 1876 and 1884 he was delegate
to the national conventions which
nominated Tilden and Cleveland re-
spectively.
In, 1882 ne was elected lietenant-
governor on the same ticket with
Grover Cleveland, and following
Cleveland's election to the presidency
of the United States, Hill became gov
ernor, subsequently being elected for
a second term. He was governor for
seven years.
In 1891 Hill was elected United
States senator; in 1894 he was once
more the candidate Of the Democratic
party for governor, but was defeated
by Levi p. Morton, his Republican OPP
ponent.
Hin was the candidate Of the New
York Democrats for the nomination
for president in 1892, but Grover
Cleveland was renominated for thai
office. In 1904 Hill was credited with
being the political sponsor Of Altor
b. Parker, who was nominated for the
presidency, Following that election
Hill announced his permanent retire
ment from politics and since tina
time had devoted himself to his Law
practice.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Kicked Burglar to jail.

Don't cut his throat; the blood will
spoil the carpet" cried Mrs. Shepherd,
wife of Lee Shepherd, an attorney at
Joplin, as her husband flourished
butcher knife in front of G. v, Jones,
one of two burglars who had been
caught in the act of ransacking the
Shepherd home. G. Allinger, who es-
capped at the time, was later arrested.
After capturing Jones by grabbing his
hair, Shepherd sent his wife upstairs
for a revolver. He then forced Jones
to march to the police station. Every
few feet the lawyer gave the prisoner
a sound kick that brought forth groans
and appeals for mercy. Shepherd is
an old football star.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
GREW DESERT. AIRCRAFT AND
ARE DRAGGED FROM LIFE
BOAT ABOARD STEAMER.
DlRIGlBLE is CUT LOOSE
Voysaers Ran Into Gale ana Were
Driven Southwark Into Air Lanes
Where They Had No Chance
to Call on Other Vessels.

New York-Besten down to the
surface of the sea by storm with
which they had struggled for two
days, Walter Wellman and his crew
of five men elected to abandon their
giant airship America and trust them
selves to their lifeboat. They were
picked up by the royal mail steamer
Trent. 400 miles off the coast of North
Carolina.
The balloon itself now is a derelict
in the air. When the lifeboat was
cut away the great gas bag, relieved
of the weight of the crew, reared high
in to the air and floated away, again
the prey of the storm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

London, Eng.--"Guilty," was the YER
dict returned by the jury against DR..
II. II. Crippen, the American charged
with the murder Of his actress wife,
Belle Gilmore Crippen, at the cOnclu-
sion of one Of England's most sensa-
tlonal trials. The penalty is death by
hanging.
The jury was out 20 minutes. Grip
pen received the verdict with stoicism.
He bore the same self-assurance which
had marked him at many critical
points in the trial.
A new record was established for
English justice.
The verdict was a surprise, in view
OF the favorable aspect put upon part
of the charge to the jury delivered
by Lord Chief Justice Alverstone.
The Justice had said no doubt must
exist in the minds of the jurors over
the identity of the body found in the
cellar Of Crippen's home. The ver'
dict showed no such doubt existed.
Counsel for Crippen announced an
appeal would be taken.
Miss Ethel Glare Leneve, for whose
love Crippen killed his wife last May,
will be placed on trial Tuesday,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact
The date for Crippen's execution
was set for either November IA or No
vember Is. 1t is possible bis appeal
will mot have been Dassed by that
time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Loses It's Jury Commission.

The jury commission law no longer
applies in Buchanan county. This is
because of the disclosures Of the re-
cent government census. The law in
question provides that petty jurors
shall be selected by the jury commits
sion In every county of this state now
containing, or which may hereafter
contain, city having, according to
the last preceding national census,
more than 100000 inhabitants and less
than 400, 900 inhabitants.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
ONCE BLIND, NOW SEES
Miner, Through Kindness Of Employ
err, Regains Sight Lost In
Premature Blast.

Webb City, Mo.-Through an act Of
kindness William Dorsey, g miner,
blinded by a premature explosion two
years ago, has recovered his eyesight.
Spencer K. Ortt, a mine operator,
for whom Dorsey had worked, took
pity on the sightless former employe
after all obligation for the accident
had been met, and took him to an Ocu-
list, who discovered an operation
would recover his eyesight.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
An Exactinq Parsonage.

Il suppose you ind life easier
since the summer boarders have
gomez"
Nope" replied Farmer CorntosseL;
we're workin' an worryin' just az
much as ever tryin' to keep the hired
man contented.'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
cattle Are Burned in Wreck.

Calhan, Colo.-Three men were bad.
~ hurt and 2e2 head of cattle were
burned to death in collision between
3 cattle train and a local freight train
on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad, two miles east Of here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

A court has decided that platonic az
lection for a married woman does not
Justify gifts of silk hose and lingerie
not even IN these ultra-modern times.
Stick TO Browning and essays on
friendship. and the lady win be safe in
q divorce suit
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

From the depths Of the sea a new
island has added itself to the Aleutian
group. Uncle Sam should hurry uI
with more definite government for
Alaska, which is twice as large as
Texas and still growing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
KlIIed bN ExpIodIna Boiler.

The explosion of a heating boiler in
the basement Of the Emery, Bird,
Thayer department store at Kansas
City caused the death of w. H. Caesar,
cleanup man." who was alone in
the boiler room at the time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
FORMER Teleoraph offlolal ples,

New York.--T Thomas Thompson Eek
ert, former president of the Western
Union Telegraph company, died at
Long Branch, after an illness of some
duration. He was born at St. Clairs-
Vile, o., April 20, 1926.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Vale Examiner s,7sf Candidate.

New Haven, Conn.-The report OF
the college entrance examination board
just received at Yale, shows that for
the present year 1871 candidates took
the examinations, an increase of near
ly 800 over 1909.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
k.nsa, cItxan oIvss $4,000.

Lexinton, Ky.--R. A. Long, Kansas
City capitalist, has donated $4,000 to
Pennsylvania University. Mr. Long is
credited with being the originator OF
the Brotherhood Of the Disciples of
Christ.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
nulldlnn EaIIsi Ten injured.

Louisville. Kentucky. - Ten per-
sons were injured, none of them ia
tally, when the building occupied by
the Ahrens & OFT Manufacturing COM
pany as a city office and salesroOm
partially collapsed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Farmer Shot His NelshbOr.

Self defense is to be the plea of
James Hunt, farmer of near indie
pendence, who shot and killed John
Land. He is in the county Jail under
commitment from W. S. Loar, jus
tice of the peace at independence.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Former Judoe Baker Dead.

Judge James Baker, once member
of the Missouri supreme court, died at
the home of his daughter in Lennox,
H., at the age of 81 years. He will
be buried in the National cemetery at
Springfield.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Nine Persons Hurt In Wreck,

Ashtabula, o.--Nine persons were
hurt, three Of them seriously. when an
east bound Cleveland, gainesville 6
Ashtabula electric baggage car collid-
ed with a west bound city car on a
sharp curve.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

Our leading lady smuggIers may
console themselves with the thought
that Collector Loeb will have no such
perfected system of search when the
ocean-going aeroplane is in commits.
sion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

If one had ones choice of deaths
that by the administration Of hot
mince pie over a period Of about sew
enty-ive years would seem as de-
sirable as any.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

The fact that the oyster season is
omen is notified by the news item that
a Pennsylvania woman found a $500
pearl in an oyster which she was as
simIlating in New York This is cal
cnlated 10 increase the feminine de-
nand for oysters. and may entail the
further drain on the family purse OF
arips 70 New York
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
Arrested as Fualtlve,

San Francisco, Cal.-on a charge Of
being fugitive from justice. Harry
Rheinstrom. son Of a millionaire brew
er Of Cincinnati. and husband Of Edna
LOTUS, the actress, was arrested on
complaint Of DR.. Lowell.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
FIre pestroys Business Section.

Fire destroyed the entire business
section Of Waynesville, causing $4,000
damage. Among the firms which lost
their buildings and plants were the
Christensen Hardware company, the
Pulaski County Democrat, owned by
Mrs. Nathan Wheeler; the J. t. Clark
Merchandise company and DR.. Tiee's
store.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27
n Forest Fire Flqhters Perish.

Washington, D. C.-SeventyseYen
men heroically gave their lives. In
their efforts to subdue the disastrous
forest fires which ragged in the west
during August, according to figures
given Out By the forest service hsre.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

A very young magazine writer in.
sists that girls Of the present age do
not know how to kiss. It is hoped
that he viii. with more experience.
have cause 10 revise his opinion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

Any man who is inclined to feel
naughty should stop and consider that
according to the census he is Just
about 1-9O,0OO,OO0th part of the popu-
iation of this country.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

A hen that sings has been dIscov.
cred in South Carolina Owing to the
stiff price Of eggs, she will not be
likely to cast much Of a shadow over
the hen that lays.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-10-27

What has become of the old-fash,
ioned youth who grew long hair for
every football season, even though
he never got any closer to the game
than the grand stand?