Mexico Missouri message., 1912-04-25
Epitone
of the
Week S News

5000 votes over President TAFT Sen.
ator la Toilette is third.
I reckon this jar will shake out my
false teeth" said willard Richardson.
20 years old. as he was being strapped
I'm the electric chair In the kentucky
pou,tcniary, preparatory tn iorfoIting
his HE for the murder of John Viola.
six lives are known to have been
lost by the breaking Of the Mississippi
river levee at BeuIah, Miss All Of
the victims were negroes who lived
near the creyasse.
Charles Hammous. GO years old, was
sentenced to forty years In the pcni-
Tertiary at Wagner, Okla, on a
charge OF attacking Beatrice Wilker, I
years old. The crime was committed
last Monday.
Sixteen hundred Frisco shopmen. en-
ginemen and trainmen went back to
work II Springfield, Mo, after a two
weeks idleness caused BY the flooded
condition OF the country south OF that
city and which resulted in an almost
complete shutting down OF activities
in Springfield.
In honor Of the Titanic's dead, the
house adjourned for a day. This &C
ton was taken by the adoption OF a
resolution by Underwood.
The cotton cloth mills OF Lowell,
Mass, announced an advance OF 0 per
cent in wages. to take effect April %.
Ts Further th1f tho
mills will h reopened on that date TO
allow the $4,000 operatives on strike
or locked out an opportunity to re-
turn.
Mayor Morgan and the new board
OF aldermen have taken their offices
al Camden, Ark, and will at once car
~ out campaign pledges to clean up
the city and remove breeding places
for flies and mosquitoes
One hundred and seven gold miners
we're killed and eighty more were
wounded in a fight with Russian sol
diers at the Lena Gold Mining com
pany's workings in the vicinity Of
Irkutsk, Siberia.
Hereafter any woman in New Or
leans who wears a hatpin prCtruding
more than one inch from the crown of
her hat will be subject to arrest, &C
cording to an ordinance which passed
the city council.
1t is reported in Mexico City that
Emilio Gomez, who was declared pro
yisional president at the opening OF
the present revolution, has written to
Madero Offering TO surrender. Gomez
is said 10 deny having any connection
with the revolt led by Gen. Orozco.
Twenty people were drowned in the
floods in Chicot county, Ark, accord
ing 10 reports received by the govern
ment engineers. 4 rescue party rrom
Greenville, Miss, has recovered the
bodies Of six victims, according to re-
ports.
President Taft appointed Miss Julia
c. Lathrop of Chicago 10 be chief OF
the new childrens bureau. Miss Lath-
roP is at present associated with Jane
Adams in the work at Hull House,
is a member OF the board OF charities
OF Illinois and a Vassar graduate.
NrONs NbOuEp" W llEpu : suit NdEEi
which was stolen from his rooms in a
Chicago hotel ten days ago, has been
found II was recovered as the result
OF an anonymous telephone message 70
the hotel.
Three pickpockets robbed William
A. Higinbotham, a banker of Victor
Ontario, Of 1000 in Rochester, y. Y
Mr Higinbotham did not miss the
money until he went into the Chamber
of Commerce building TO transact
some business with New York firm
Every state in the Union is to be
represented April % at the confer
ence Of commercial organizations al
Washington, called at the suggestion
of Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nsgel.
The statement emanating from St
Petersburg that the powers had made
proposals Of mediation TO CONSTANT
nople with a view 10 ending the wal
between Turkey and Italy is incorrect
The compromise wage agreement
reached between the bituminous Goa
operators and the United Mine Work
SIs mas Detn approved ny the NINE!
by an approximate vote of al least
100000 for to 10000 against
Three thousand students of Valpa
raiso university rioted in the streets
driving the police and fire depar,
ment before them, smashing win
dows, firing revolyers and causing
general havoc.
With 200 collins, virtually the en-
tire supply Of caskets in Halifax, n
S. stacked On her forward deck, the
cable ship Mackay Bennett sailed L
explore the scene OF the laundering o
the Titanic, to pick up any floating
bodies and 10 restore them 10 loveC
ones ashore.
Nineteen passengers we're injured
several OF them seriously, when tn,
Pueblo section of the Rock IslanC
mountain limited train OF the Rock Isl
and line was ditched at Cuba, a small