Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-03-25

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his suit against Mary tenn for $500
damages for alleged defamation OF
character. Mrs. Rem had charged Jus.
tice Schmidt with the misrepresentation
Of funds placed in his keeping.
At Jefferson City the last Of the
Berics of cases against X. +. Stone,
prosecuting attorney, was continued TO
July % on application Of tho state.
This Is the information filed by +. NJ.
Brown, while acting prosecuting attor-
ney, charging Stone with accepting a
$3.50 bride for telling Lee Trucblpod
that Katie OFT was the only witness
the state had in a certain criminal
case then pending in a justice court.
Trueblood. Is charged with giving Stone
the $3.50 bribe.
The business men of Hopkins are
signing a paper plcdeing themselves
to accept If elected as mayor or alder
men to serve without a The money
saved to the town by the "non-payment
Of their salaries 10 be devoted to local
Improvements. only between 500 and
5000 would be thus saved, but Hopkins
Is not a large place and his sum spent
in the way propose! every year in
either Hopkins or any other town OF
equal size would contribute not n little
toward making it Il good place to
live in.
Fountain Mcrriwcthcr, n Scdalia fire
insurance agent, had an experience the
other night which was odd, to say the
least. He visited the home Of Oliver
ElmOrc, near Lookout, Pettis county,
and rcnewcd the insurance on the FL
more residence, valued at S.. 1000.
McrriWcthcr accepted an invitation to
remain over night and just before mid
night was awakened by his room be-
ing filled with smoke. He hastily
dressed and aroused the other inmates,
who barely escaped being burned alive
in the fire, which totally destroyed the
residence.
Jesse l.. Jewell, a state senator from
Kansas City, viii be tried again April
% upon the charge Of soliciting a 50 600
brlbc from John ". Hess, agent for
the Jacques Baking Powder company.
for his vote and the votes Of three
other senators to repeal the alum bak-
ing powder law, which had driven sew
rral baking powder companies out Of
tn" state. The casr resulted in a mis-
trial. After the jury had been ont
nearly three hours II reported that II
could not agree upon a verdict and II
was discharged. The jury stood seven
for acquittal and five for conviction
upon the first and all succeeding bal
lots except one, - which the count
showed six for acquittal ana six for
conviction.
Til" students Of the engineering de-
partmcnt Of Missouri university AT CO.
lurHbia and the school of mines AT
RoIla all cut their classes Thursday
and h professors in charge lccrur"d
TO empty seats. The "cut" Is an an
nual occurrence, aS the engineering
students say that, 81. Patrick was an
engineer. The following notices, print
ed In brilliant green ink, were posted
all over n" university and town last
night: ERIN go Hrafh,' which, in
our language, means 81. Patrick was
an engineer. Therefore, be IL resolved,
that the day 81. Patrick killed tn.
| NIIhb'D III lI'IdIlI w I''IdI''l IL Itlll-
day In the engineering department Of
the University of Missouri and the
school Of mines at Rolla."
George Wallace, 10, and hddic Hud-
Eon II years old, undertook TO clOpc
from ArdmOre, Macon county, but
their plans were frustrated By Squire
Shockley, who appeared on the scene
iuut 40 ll. Un,inD fiIr1t wa .IA,t
10 start out. ShOcklcy was Il friend
Of both, and he promised if they would
abandon their attempt AT he would
speak 10 the young wolian's parents
and try TO get their formal consent to
the marriage. They agreed TO this and
when the matter was preached to Mr..
Hudson he said: "Why, ~ course they
can marry; what the dicfcnS do they
van to run off for?" AEl so the two
families went TO Macon with the young
people and authorized the recorder TO
Issue a marriage license The cerc-
mony occurred al the rome Of the
bride, Squire ShOclNcy acting as best
man.
The county court Of Monroe county
Ia giving consideration TO n PROPOSE
lion to bring suit against n" Missouri,
Kansas d Texas for $500 600 for al
legged violation Of "A contract between
tho county and the company when the
road was built. The ruad through
Monroe county was formerly Il part
II the Missouri Central. built he
tween Hannibal and Mnbcrly in 1871.
tn" people Of Monroe ccshty voted
bonds 10 the amount Of $4,000 TO aid
he nntcrnriRc. tho MiRannrl Central