Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-13

: NEWS FROM MISSOURI. :


'he ne was weary of life.
Senator Stone and Moses G. Wet.
more, or Missouri, called on Senator
Cockrell at Washington and urged him
% his candidacy for president
On the democratic ticket.
Dr. George f. Ladd, of Rolla. has
peen elected by the Missouri worlds
lair commission to be superintendent
oi the department Of mines and metal
lurgy, to succeed Col. II. II. Gregg. of
Joplin.
Inc Missouri worlds fair commission
proposes TO get up a dormitory in con-
hection with the department of cdu-
cation at the worlds fair, Of which
Judge Hawthorne, of Kansas City, is
chairman, where the methods used in
taking care of the deaf, dumb and blind
can be seen by visitors.
In behalf Of Charlcs j. Kraft, the al
legged Doodle alderman of st. Louis, it
Is GAINED that since he located in Mex
leo he has been a good citizen and has
invested considerable money in Mex
ican property. Missouri cannot re-
cover the money, but she would like
to regain such a desirable citizen.
A delegation of % prominent Mis-
souri, live stock breeders appeared be-
Tore the Missouri worlds fair commits
sion at its session at st. Louis and
asked for an allotment Of S12J, 900 of
he 81 ,OO0, 900 appropriation made by
the state for the Missouri exhibit, to be
used in giving prizes for Missouri
stock.
T. ID. Osborne, a lawyer of Joplin,
who was reported 10 have committed
suicide at st. Louis by jumping off the
Eads bridge, and whose body was later
reported to have been found. has been
heard from at Waterloo, III. It is
claimed that he tried to deceive his
bride of six months, who was suing
tor divorce.
The Hanamo Telephone company,
which runs out of Maryvillc, has a
name which has caused a good deal of
guessing as TO its origin. IIanamo is
composed Of the initial letters of The
counties through which the lines first
ran-iIol,, Atchison, Nodaway and An
~drcN--and tho abbrcviation for Mis-
souri,, "Mo.'
Senator Stone has leased a home in
Washington. 1t is situated in one Of
the O aristocratic parts Of the city,
1910 Twenty-frst street. Two Goors
away reside the Letters, formerly of
Chicago. whose daughter married Lord
Curzon. viccrcy or india. Not ia, away
Is Dupont circle, the center of Wash
ingtOn fashionable life.
In Macon the other night the villain
Of a transforming trOup vas about TO
get the girl to drain the deadly u
when a wOma in the audience yelled:
"Oh, for shame, Don't drink it, child "
When the laughter had Tubsided the
woman turned sideways and said: II
don't care; it's n dctcstable trick"
The plan was too realistic for her.
The new Union Avenue Christian
congregation in st. Louis, which was
formed by the consolidation OF Cen
trail and Mount Cabannc Christian
churches, Is preparing to erect a house
of worship at the southwest corner of
Union and Won Vcrscn The
building will cost about $4,000, and
Is to be completed about the first Of
juno next.
A Wavcrly business firm serves free
soup ono day in every year to all com-
ers. The annual soup day arrived last
week, and $50 gallons OF that 9tcamins
"a tt ir'n uFnrn 90 yVa1 tn TrlnlT uyhn f1 YNa
from all parts of the county. Three
bushels Of potatoes, TX bushels of tur-
nips, one-half bushcl OF onions, Is
heads Of cabbage and a dozen cans OF
tomatoes were among its ingredients.
Plans for a public highway across
the entire state from St. Louis to Kan
sas City, 375 miles, are practically COM
plctcd, and according to w. n. Moore,
president of the National Good Roads
association, work will probably begin
upon the road early next spring. 1t
is estimated hat the cost will be $780,
600. Macadam eight inches deep and
"a feet wide will form the principal
road bed, but clay wagon paths will
parallel the main roadway on both
sides. Az proposed. the roadway Will
be 100 feet wide throughout its course.
The building of the road will devolve
largely upon convict labor.
The Young Women's Christian Az
ISOLATION of Missouri university gave
an extraordinary entertainment in the
corridors Of the academic hall. II
was called a country fair. but was so
elaborate that 1t might better have
been termed the midway" II DIFF
tered from anything OF the sort ever
attempted by college girls. The idea
was to represent a country fair, with