Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-12-04
LATER.

Ca, early on the Goth. dynamited the
safe and secured between s 1,700 and
$1,000. The store was situated in the
heart OF the principal shopping dis.
trict, and three policemen were within
calling distance all night, but the rob-
berry was not discovered until daylight.
Gen. Thomas w. Scott, adjutant-
general Of the state Of Illinois, went
to Washington, ID. c., IN the 18th, for
the purpose of comforting with the off,
Gals regarding the reorganization Of
the provisions Of tie Dick bill. lie
called at the White House, and paid
his respects to the president.
The preliminary hearing of Score.
tary Oscar NJ. Carpenter and II other
members of the Telluride (Col) min
er,' union on charges of c~ongrcgating
fer the purpose of rioting and con.
spiracy to break the law was begun in
that city, on the 2Sth, before Justice
Robinson.
James II. Evans, n Canadian county,
Okla, farmer, was found, on the 2Sth,
murdered, his body lying between two
rows of cOr The murderer shot Ev-
ms in the back while the farmer was
shucking corn. He Their took pains to
tie Evans team to the fence before
leaving.
Edward Gould Richmond, one of the
sOnth's leading capitalists ard manu-.
facturers, died at Chattanooga, Tenn,
on the 2Sth, as the result of heart
trouble. He was a son of Dean Rich
mOnd, who was the close friend and
conferee of Samuel J. Tilder.
The Elkhart undJ Paper Co, whose
personnel is practically that of the
defnnct Indiana national bank Of Elk
hart, was placed in the hands of a re-
%cciver, on the 2Sth. by Judge Fcrrall,
on the petition of Samuel Winer, OF
Elkhart, a creditor.
Sir Mortimer Drrand, tie new Brit.
ish ambassador to the United States.
arrived in this country, on the 2Sth,
and proceeded to Washington, y. c.,
to present his credentials to the pres
idcnt and formally take charge of the
British embassy.
Secretary Hay returned T., Washing
'''f ~ - VIZ Nv -''b, " w" u ~
city. where he spent the THANKSGIVING
season with his daughter, Mrs. Payne
Whitney.
Earl Rogers, OF Fort Scott, Kas.. ac-
cidcntally shot and killed himself whiio
hunting ncIr Sapulpa, /. T., on the
2Sth.
The youthful sclf-confcssed murder.
ers ard tram robbers, Peter Ncider-
meier, Harvey Van Dine, Gustav Marx
and Emil Rocski, were arraigncd in
court at Chicago, on the Goth. Marx
plead guilty to all the charges against
him, but his three accomplices pleaded
not guilty.
The circuit court of Hamilton, O.,
on the Goth, granted the motion for a
stay OF execution of the sentence of
death passed upon Alfred A. Knapp
for the murder Of his wife, The ex-
ccutiOn was set for the nth, ana q
stay was granted for 80 day..
Chief Henry j. Eaton, who had been
at the head of the Hartford Comm
IRE department since 1868, was formal
ly retired, on the 30th. Chief Eaton
was the oldest fire chief in the cOun-
try in point Of service, having entered
the department in April, 1851.
John, William and George Reed, the
only sons of Nellie Reed, a widow,
broke through the ice Oh the Black.
stone river, at Blackstone. Mass. on
the Goth, and were drowned. The BOYS
tried to cross the river to get some
fire wood.
Two men were killed and one fatal
~ Injured in a collision between an
cast-bOund freight and "a work train
on the Norfolk a. Western road, east
Of Portsmouth. o., ON the both. Both
engines were demolished. Loss. $40,.
900.
Alfred Olson, a stamp clerk in tho
Omaha (Neb.) post office, was arrest
ed, on the Both, by a United States mar
shall and charged with embcZzling
government funds. II was alleged that
Olson's shortage would reach s 1900.
Charles ThcisOn, who was arrested
for writing rambling letters to Presl-
dent Roosevelt, was declared insane,
on the Goth. and transferred from the
Bellevue IN. " hospital to the Man
haitian state hospital at Islip, l.. !.
Mayor Weaver OF Philadelphia. on
the Goth, issued "A call for a meeting OF
the citizens permanent relief commit
tee. 10 take action on the appeal for
help from Butler, Pa. where an cpl
dcmic OF typhoid fever prevails.
c. p. l.. Butler. a well-known attOr
ney of Columbus. o., committed sui
eide. on the both. by shooting himself
In the head. His act was attributed tn