Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-10-30
Happenings Of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PG
litical Notes. Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS


Pension Commissioner Ware, in grant.
'ng promotions to a number Of clerks il
his bureau. warns them that merit Is
the only thing considered and outside In
'uence will injure those attempting TO
use It.
Lou Dillon. queen Of the trotting turf,
easily defeated Major Delmar In the race
for the 5000 gold cup at Memphis.
BY the Alaska award America gets two
Stands which dominate Port Simpson,
where the Grad Trunk Pacific is to end.
The Canadian commissioners refused to
sign the verdict, declaring their country
betrayed.
Joseph l.. Bristow. fourth assistant
postmaster general. has completed his
report on the scandals Investigation.
c. f. Norris reached Middletown, n. Y,
After an &,00o-milc walk from San Fran
cisco, undertaking to cure consumption.
Ne started August g., 1901.
President Roosevelt has announced his
intention OF going to Oyster Pay to cast
his vote on election day, Tuesday, No
vCmber3 3.
Howard Elliott, Of ST. Paul. Mimi,
hasbcen elected president OF the North
ern Pacific railroad.
At GAINESVILLE. O., Mrs. William Tate,
a colored woman. % years old. gave
birth to four girl babies.
The guardianship of Moses Fowler
Chase, millionaire incompetent, has been
awarded by the federal court OF appeals
10 his father, +, S. Chase, of Lafayette,
Ind.
The federal national bank Of Pit,sbure.
Pa, closed its doors with 81 800, 900 owing
GepOsitors.
Robbers secured SIS eco In stamps and
money from the post office at Superior,
Wis.
The president has appointed Horace
W. Bailey United States marshal for
Vermont, to succeed Fred Field, dis
missed.
Branch banks and asset currency were
opposed by speakers at the American
bankers convention IN San Francisco.
Government agents are INVESTIGATING
m alleged land praft" ring on the Pa
riiir coast, which Is said to have secured
iarre areas Of land ILLEGALLY.
Twenty thousand persons who were
unable to enter John 4. Euwie's Nov
York meeting stampedod at the entrance
and tramplcd on women and stoppcd
street traffic.
The battlcship Missouri broke all rec
ords for speed On her trial trip by cover.
ing &C knots at 1905 per hour.
The Intercollegiate Golf association
championship was again won by Har-
ward, which defeated Princeton at Gar
den City.
Samuel +. Morss, aged 81, editor and
owner OF the Indianapolis Sentinel, fell
from his Office window and was KILLED.
Albert Jensen, aged 80 years, killed
Josie Johnson, aged 10. and thcn killed
himself, near ltCseau, MINI.
over a score Of deaths were reported
'n northeast Georgia due to eating cab
bagc saturated with poison by d strange
worm.
Robert Il. Levin, Of Plainfeld. n. H.,
student Of the Baltimore Medical col
lcge, was killed IN a football game at
Annapolis. Md.
The State bank OF Lnclport, H., was
placed In a receivers hands with liablI-
tiles of Sl0O, 900.
As n result OF the Bristow report on
postal scandals Postmaster General
Payne has dismissed Michael w. Louis
superintendent OF supplies. and Louis
Kempner, superintendent of registry.
Rev, Merle st. C. Wright, OF New York
favors putting to easy death persons suf-
fe.ing from inhnrable diseases.
Edward II. Hartman expresses his
faith In continued prosperity Of the
country, and says that stock values ere
aow seeking their proper level.