Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-07-01
Uappenings Of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT TIE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and 70.
Iitical Notes, Business Failures ana
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
DOMESTIC.

a street car ana Il extern ONO Sp''
cial suburban car came together Al
Lima. O.. while both were entering a
switch. Twelve or more passengers
were hurt.
Emil t.. Johnson, "A miner who was
dcported from Cripple Creek by the
military, committed suicide at Denver,
co., He was dcspondcnt because HE
wife and two small children were lcf.
destitute in Cripple Creek.
The memory Of Nathaniel Ilaw-
thUrnc was hOnorch by citizens of
Salem, Mass, the place of his birth.
100 years ago July 4 next. Addresses
were delivered and a permanent fam
~ organization was formed.
tn" Illinois supreme court sustained
The law requiring the assessment Of the
capital stock of all corporations except
those organized for certain purposes.
The fedora grand jury Will meet next
week to Investigate the disaster to tho
steamer General Slocum. The total
number Of bodies recovered is 9l2, OF
which S2i have been identified. More
than 800 600 have been subscribed to
the relief fund.
A conference Of Indian educators will
b. held al tA" 81. Louis exposition from
June = to July ]. An invitation has
been EXTENDED to all those interested in
Indian education to be present, and a
large attendance u expected.
Almost the entire business portion OF
the village Of Union Grove. Wis, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Fire, which threatened for a time tt
destroy many buildings at the worlds
far IN St. Louis consumed the house OF
Hou-Iioo. Loss 100000.
Mary Jane Sned. indicted at trecpOrt
Ill. for causing the death Of her four.
yrar-old nephew, james rayton Rem.
inpton, was found guilty Of m~anslauph.
ter.
Prof. W. ]. Husscy, Of the University
OF California a~strOnoLlcal department
at Lick observatory has lust announced
his discovery Of lOo new Gpublr stars.
r. X. Chancc, who claImcGtohc rola.
ty" of Lieut. Gen. CuHncc sho, himself
through the head at IIoustun. Tex. Gy,
ing instantly. The cause III the act i.
not clear.
Heavy rain, wind and hall seriously
Cama"cd the wheat crop in the ccntra
portion Of Kansas. LARGE fields Of whoa
have been llart"n"d out Ay the storm
the harvest "a abou' ,u begin.
Carlos u. Sheldon former conprcsS
man from the Twelfth Michigan district
GlcG suGC"nly at IIouphton Mich.
Frederick Field BuIIard awcll-knowi
Orpau,st and musical composer. died /,
Boston Cf Pneumonia III best luuwr
compositions are "IAc stein Song
"Ihc SWORD Of Fcrrara" and "Thr \u,
tinpham Hunt"
The Igorrottc and Ncrrito member
OF the Philippine exhibit at the s.
Louis Exposition have been ordered I
wear clothing enough 20 Americana
them for exhibition purposes.
Charles a. Swaysc. Of Detroit. aftc
trying TO throw Efir Award from a
eleventh story w%inGow, shot her twic
and jumped ia his own death.
Three men forced their way into III
room Of Gov Peabody, Of Colorado, a
the Annex, Chicago, presented rrsolr
tons passed by Il board of buslnc.
agents ~denouncing deportation {
miners, and threatened him harm If II
remained in Chicago.
The schooner lnEOmar. owned |
New York, won the KieI regatta.
Two men are dead and two are 81
riuusly wounded as the result Of
street fight at Leaycuworth, Kan
which started in a pistol duel betwcc
two farm labOrers.
Justice Henry b. Brown, OF Mich
gan, one Of the oldest members on II
bench OF the United States suprcn
court, wat married to Mrs. Josephir
Bunting Tyler al Crogswicks, a villal
near Trenton. N. J.
Mo!lir Mott, ChicaRO's most motor
ous woman criminal, was acquitted
the murder Of Frederick Hart.
Charles F~'unkhouscr was shot an
killed by his brother Homer near RAJ
tout, H., Sunday. He was mistake
for a burglar,
Edward Mccarthy. aged 22 years.
Reading, Pa. and Miss May Seguin,
Fort Wayne, Ind. were drowned by Il
capsizing Of a rowb boat al Rome CT
lake in Indiana.
Just 1874 women. chAircn and mC
persisted in the wreck Of the Gener,
S!ocum