Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-22

: NEWS FROM MISSOURI ;


circuit court for shooting Allie Brad
ley. Younger is a cousin of Cole
Younger. He aimed at Miss Bradley's
back and hit her in the heel.
John Robinson was hanged at
Kirksville Friday for the murder of his
fat~her-in-law, George Conkle. He died
declaring he mad made his peace with
Goo and had been forgiven for the MUIR
der. At his request he was allowed to
shake the hands of 800 friends, who
came to say good-by in the office of the
Jail.
The allotment OF space in the educa-
ton building for the Missouri worlds
fair exhibit has been completed. The
last allotment to be made vas 900
square feet for the normal, college and
pr!vste and parOchial school section.
This section will be included in the
grand allotment of 1000 square feet
in which the public schools of the state
at large have exhibits.
President Il. p. Yenawine, of the Mis-
souri, fish commission, has returned in
the private car of the commission from
Willow Springs, Neb., where he re-
ceived large numbers of a new species
of brook trout that are said to be very
hardy and thrive even better than the
brook trout from the Missouri hatch
cries. These Nebraska trout will be
distributed in Missouri streams.
w. II. Thompson, of Columbia, has
presented to the state historical society
a collection of almanacs which en-
traces an almanac for each year from
1896 to the present time. This re-
markable collection was acquired by
three generations. 1t was started in
the early part Of last century by Ham
ilton and Elizabeth Hodge, of Mt. Ster-
ling, KY, and continued by their son
and his wife, William and Nancy
Hodge, who moved from Missouri to
Kentucky in 1857. On their death the
collection was given to their daughter,
Miss Mile Hodge, who makes her
home with her nephew, Mr.. Thompson.
Lees Summit expects to expand in
several ways during 1904. The new
Rock Island road passes with in a mile
to the south. A brick station will be
built AT the nearest point and a rock
road will be made 10 the depot. AL
ready the town has advertised for the
construction Of ten blocks of macadam
street and the county court has
promised to take these streets W at
the city limits and connect them with
the rock road system. A rock road
run east, north and west from Lees
Summit, IN the next rOad will run
south cross the Rock Island line and
to the south county line, The Missouri
Pacific will erect a new station early
in the spring.
Nellie Mccks. of near Milan, was
married a short time ago 10 Albert II.
Spray. Nellie was the only survivor
Of the Meeks family, which was MUIR
dcrcd near BrOwnvillc almost ten years
ago by Bill and George Taylor. Nellie
was hit on the head with some blunt
instrument and her body with that Of
her father, mother, brother and sister,
was hid under a h~aystack, but she re-
covered. crawled to a neighbours and
to!c the story OF the crime. Nellie
was only seven years old then. II IL
said she Is now a very attractive young
woman Bill and George Taylor broke
Jail after they had been sentenced TO
be hung. Bill was %rccaptured and
hung, but George was never caught.
True to a VOW that she made 40
years ago, Mrs. Hooker Breckenridge
cid not leave her farm on the ST
Charles road in St. Louis county until
her lsatL TbursIav bar L1Jy mau
taken from the home place and buried
in the Fee cemetery. The loss Of her
only daughter by death was responsible
for the resolution, made in 1864, and
which had since been religlOusly ad-
hcTcd to. When Mrs. Breckcnridgc'l
husband died Is years ago she accom-
panied the body to the hearsc but re-
fused to 20 to the cemetery. Mrs.
Breckenridge was 50 years old and for
the past four years had been bedridden.
She was nurscd by her two sons, as
she would not permit a woman to
come near her, excluding even her
sons wives.
Senator William j. Stone was the
principal speaker before the Missouri
society of Washington city at It's last
regular meeting. Others were Repre-
sentatiyes Cochran, Shackleford,
Lloyd. Hamlin and Lamar. Mrs. Bes-
sic COckrcll, Mrs. DE Almond and Miss
Mildred Stone were among the ladies
present. Fourteen new members were
added to the sOciety's roster. Senator
Stone spoke of Missouri and Missou-
rians. He said there vas a small pro-
,,,tlln 90 vi.C,rtri.pp In Tho mos.