Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-05-02

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DR. Francis BACON. IN eminent sur.
reap and alicrist and recognized
authority ON yellow fever. died at his
b,u, In Now Hayru. Conn. in the
eighty FIRST wear of his axe.
Il Yates Of Argos. Ind. was prob.
ably fatally injured and "a score of
Others were more or less injured in
/ N, wreck OF the fast mail ON the Wa
/ hash road. between AntwcrI, o., and
Grabin. Ind.
The VOYAGE OF the White Star liner
nrympic. which has been held Up of
the Isle of Wight since the frcmcn
and oilers muruied because they
claimed th, H,n.su,ur equipment was
.radequatp. was abandoned
Tho Missouri river swollen by the
spring thaw. is threatening 10 make a
lr.at change Iu JUS channel south OF
Council Bluffs. ia. and unless some
thing causes fts current to flow in
another direction slice of territory
sixty mile. long and Ten miles wide
,.lI soon De- O.. the west instead Of the
cast side OF The river
REPRESENTATIVES Of soft coal mine
owners of Ohio. western Pennsylvania,
Illinois and indiana. and Of the United
Mine Workers Of those states, signed
the wage agreement ratified by the
recent referendum vote OF the miners.
Twenty persons were injured, one
Of thin. James Davis, perhaps fatally,
when cyclonic wind struck Union
Pacific passenger train No. 50 one
mile west OF North Loup, Neb.
Warned by telephone operator
that the Mireville dam had broken,
500 persons residing in the Valley
MNlbrook, E.sex county, y Y. FLED to
! the hills and then watched the torrent
wash their homes away.
The United States cruiser Maryland
was struck by torpedo during tor
pedo practice near Los Angeles, Cal
The torpedo Is said to have pierced
one of the plates, flooding a compart
ment.
Iowa Republicans in their state and
congressional conventions at Cedar
Rapids increased President Tafts list
OF delegates to the national conven-
tion from Iowa to sixteen and rejected
the "favOrite SON candidacy OF Sen.
ator Albert 3. Cummins. This was
| accomplished by majority OF Al
votes.
Justin Mccarthy, novelist and histo-
rian, and for many years a member OF
parliament, died at Folkestone, Eng
land He had been i'll throughout the
winter and spring.
The convention Of the Irish Nation.
alist party in Dublin voted unanimous
ly to accept and indorse the Asquith
home rule bill, proposed In the house
Of commons by the Liberal govern
ment.
The squadron OF Italian warships
which has been operating recently III
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CLOSING 'l' v.e'asSS ~ w N, .,
s'pp' INel 'INeTs - ,'nt.o ,pl'' ". ~
,,t..o,,-i ,,.,,, sord eiebt daIegatae
- a,ot r,i,b boIf a vote and
-,--,9,a.aa - tba panrb,;car NO
-, aon,.a,,,o, a. Cbic,co
.,,,,. r,irj,.r. ,Iao fo- -,
,,dependence OF the Philippine Isl
r ards was made TO the house in a re
nor, submitted by Chairman Jones o.
1 the house committee on insular af
i. tire Tho measure offered nrovide,
g fo- Tho gradua1 takinp over nv m.
s Fiupinos Of the duties Of government
= and gives them absolute independents,
in 1921
, Tho ,rctor limo steamer Gamer
a,i. utirb a-r,yed from CIasgoY on
> cC.rrtered large icebergs in latitud