Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-05-13

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One Hundred and Two river. 10 miles
east of the city, and drowned himself.
After investigation of the affairs of
the F'raternal Bond Insurance COM
pany, of Chillicothe, r. G. Yates, SUI
per.ntendent of the state insurance de-
partment, reported that the company
is not conducting its business in COM
pliance with the law.
Postmaster Alger. Of Hannibal, re-
ceived word from the post office de-
lSN-tment at Washington notifying him
that another letter carrier has been
authorized for Hannibal. This will
give Hannibal nine carriers. All the
routes will be r~eadjusted.
Complete returns of the primary cleo
tons held in Dent county give w. r.
Peck Is majority over J.. f. Organ for
representative. Col. Organ inaugu-
rated the fight on Senator Farris,
which paved the way to the senatorial
Doodle prosecutions, and is entitled to
rank as the Folk leader in the Ozark
region.
Miss Mildred Stone, daughter Of
Missouri's junior United States sena-
tor, will be married june ! in the First
Presbyterian church at jefferson City
to John G.. Parkinson, of st. Joseph,
q member OF the Missouri legislature.
The Stones recently rented a home in
jefferson City and will spend the sum
mer there. The senator, however.
will tour Europe before congress meets
next December.
rDnI ,lagy ,lran u-aaEc m ottaIlnI
and bit is head of cattle and
four horses. the property OF Bert Cross,
in Redwood township. near Iberia,
communicating h~ydrophobia. The ami,
mails showed no signs of being affected
until the twentieth day after they had
been bitten. when two of the horses
died in great agony, and the indica-
tions now are that all the animals are
involved.
M~issourians will get much music
during The summer if the plans of the
commission fer the exposition do not
m~iscarry. Both instrumental and vo-
cal music will be rendered each day.
The orchestra will give concerts each
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Vo-
cal music will be given Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays. At present
the hours will be from 1890 TO - noon,
2:3O to 3 afternoon and 1890 to 10
evening.
The first assistant postmaster gen.
eral has announced the twentv-frs' an,
nual readiustment Of ~postmasters' sal
aries in Missouri as follows: Adrain,
8 100 to 81. 300; Appleton City. sl,50o
TO s1.4Oo; Bloomfield, 81, 200 to 81 800;
Bonnie Terre. 81 800 to 81 600; Braymer,
81 200 TO 81 1900: Brookfield, $500" tn
s2,100: Cameron, $500 to 81, 900;
Campbell. 81 200 TO 81 400; Cape Girar-
deau. $3.50" TO $1,000; Cassville, sl,lo0
10 81 200: Centralia, 81 500 to 81 700.
Gov. Dockery returned to jefferson
City from st. Louis. after a cOnfcrcsce
with the members Of The Missouri com
mission regarding III" dedication Of the
Missouri building, which has been sci
for June 3. a programme was ar
ranged, but the details have for the
time been withheld, but it is said that
a grand military display will be n
feature Of the ceremonies. a general
invitation will be extended through
the press to M"iseourians, while many
Invitations will be sent 20 dignitarieS
throughout the United States. Gov.
Doclery viii deliver an address,
The CONDITION Of Missouri banks as
shown by the statements returned tc
Secretary of state Sam II. Cook T.
most excellent. the returns indicating
nearly $1,000 900 more in the banks
than AT six months ago, when the last
hank call was made. The figures pre-
pared by Mr.. Cook are from the hank
statements made at the close of bust
ness on March 2S, the call for which
was issued April .. The total number
reporting Is 71G banks and 81 trust
companies. The statement includes
l. banks in ST. Louis. six in Kansas
city and So private banks. Personal
loans aggregate so .2S9.1 ITO and real
'stat, loans $10.S57, 051. The indiyidu-
Al deposits subject to check aggregate
s72.5Gt.&J2 and tim" certificates Of de-
post aggregate sa,f9o,2@l.
Tho sophomore class Of the a~rricul-
tura! department Of Missouri UNIVERSE
~ took a stuffed steer and stuffed hog
from the agricultural museum and
placed them over the large pOrticO Of
the academic hall, blocking and tying
them on the pCtcstals formerly Occu-
pied by a cGyple of crouching lions.
The lions were taken down about q
year ago. because the students per-
slsrentIy striped them like tigers and
hung the university colors. old gold
and black. on them after each athletic