Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-12-30

achieved.
Holiday trade liz the greatest ever
known, according to the weekly review w.
Buslncgs begins earlier than usual and
shows accumnlatinR strength.
ThUusands Of Christmas shoppers
were imperlicd by a fire in the retail
center Of Sioux city. la Which destroyed
% buildings, covering two blocks, caUa.
Ing II property loss Of 81, 200 800. a fire
man was killed.
Edward Casslday, colored, was hanged
At TODson, Md. for %felonlOus assault on
Il girl.
Fire destroyed a brick building at Los
Angeles, Cal. occupied By the Pioneer
Roil Paper company, entailIng a loss OF
y1o0.G1D.
President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Moody plan to prosecute the to-
bacco trust for alleged violation u the
antitrust Sherman act.
-Four members Of the sophomore class
Df Columbia university were suspended
for attempting to haze KinRdon Gould.
and the students In a mass meeting pc.
tItioned the faculty to rclnstate the
men.
A massacre of foreigners at Fen IL
feared and all the powers ordered their
subjects to leave. France hap broken
diplomatic relations. The situation is
"ritical.
.N " Roberts a prominent business
mar u Pliigburg, Killed himself In a
Nam NfHl .t,y Iat.t an A.. ,,.tt -
heavy Losses In Amalrnmated Copper
stock.
The county grand jury ~ Cleveland,
o.. returned indictments afninst both
Dr. and Mr2 Chad wick on the charge Of
forging the name Of Andrew Carnegie
to a note for 81 1000. 900 In May. 1902. Dr.
Chadwick Is now on his way TO New
York from Paris.
Edward r Potter. Well-kuuWn archl-
'ec'. son Of the late Bishop Alnnzo Pot
ter. Of Pennsylvania, and brother Of
Bishop Henry T.. potter, f. dead at his
home ~ New YORK. IIc was 70 years old.
Nathan Edward Spencer vas found
guilty, nj Nashville. d, of the murder
Of William g Tanner On Angus, - The |
motive for IN" crime was robbery.
Announcement Is made that the late
Hugh Mclaughlin. for years the l"atcr
II tn" ErOoElyn democratic u~rPanIzn-
'lcn. l"it an estate Valued at 81. 1000, 900. |
TWO British war8hlps have Anilcd for
h" Tonga Islands, It Is rcp.rt"d with
"a" intention 10 annex them.
seven men were ~BuffDralrd In the No.
soft clay mine of the Roogc Hammond
'Ir" I:rick company. near Bolivar, Pa
\ building at the mouth Of the mine
COX IRE, and the gmOhc rolled into the
,hhit ana suftOcat"d IN" victims
The International rImmiaelnn an
10 inquire into tho Nrrth sea in
Id"nt met at the foreign piirr in Paris
nd rrganihcd by elcctiHg Admiral Four
~ PRESIDENT
h" DcGhafn savings bank, Of bee
Ia has been clpHed aud tao brrgi-
''nt. j. g Cation. who left ~ugtcnhlGly
or funds. cannot be found. Hell said 10
. short about $50. 900.
The official canvaHa Of the vutcs cast
Z for presidential electors has
completed The total vote cast was
!" .aOs 43G against Il 1853 .57i in 1900, de
'r"hsc 81 fGO,O7B Roosevelt received
all l.7IG.7GS votes. ana over Parker.
,,bt7,5 $40. Ia 1900. Mckinley had 1G7.OtG
thar all the other candidates. and
more than Bryan.
IN" death IL announced Of Henry
JMearn. for many years Boston news
paper man and writer Of poetry. For
ON time be Vas a ~cUwurhrr with John
Boyle OHcilly.
Jacob Kuhn, a travelling man, fell
rom n fourth story window at Evans
lIle, Ind. and vas Instantly Killed He
vas 50 years old
travelling salrymcu have no right to
funGs ~ companies BY which
.hey are employed. and spend the same
or their expenses This rule IL laid
Town by the Illinois supreme court.
Mrs. Thomas T. Barnes Wa Killed In
Ter home At Detroit. Mich. by the ex-
Of n One p%rundtr" rapid FIRE
'un cartridge. which 1t is supposed she
.hs using for a hammer. She wa hur-
lbly mauRI"d
Eight business houses at Mitchell
die, u suburb Of Des MGincs. IA. burned.
'niaiIing n lCys 0f $4,000.
Eastern hnhncicrs assur money for
great power canal at Duluth and
YORK VIII Immediately be- pushed.
Ihirty-seV"n banks have failed In
" In tVO years. and ten persons
.onn""ted with the banks Of the state
committed suicide.
An unusually early movement of
ram catches railroads unhwarrs. and
!s deluRed with between
900 900 and D,CD6.6O bushels II Ger.
ais. valnly awaiting Transportation to