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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
Ton, Carney was shot and instantly

Tom Carney was shot and instantly
killed In M~adisonyiIle, Ky, by his wife,
whom he was attempting TO beat.
Ex-senator Matt Ransom died Of
heart failure at his North Carolina
home.
The peace conference adjourned g.;
Boston to meet in 1905 at Luzerne,
Switzerland.
The total attendance since the open
ing Of the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton is 1866 %
The remains of Postmaster General
Henry Clay Payne were aid 20 rest in
Forest Home cemetery in Milwaukee,
Wis. It is estimated that % 5000 per-
sons viewed the remains at the city
hall.
A PeadIejon. Ore. flour mill has re-
ceiyed an order from Hongkong for
$4,000 sacks 1000 tons) Of -four, which
is said to be for the japanese govern
ment.
Five men we're drowned in Pensa-
ola bay by the capsizing of a sailboat
in which they were returning from
lf'lnftbil. TIA " biC navy sdAA'
Fire burned out the two upper floors
of the hve-story building in North High
street, Columbus, O., occupied by the
Columbia Dry Goods company. entail
ing an aggregate loss estimated at
$500, 600.
The government warns ~shipyards TO
guard against a plot TO wreck war
ships under construction.
Fire wrecked the private Office OF
George J. Gould In the Western Union
building, New York. and many vaiua-
bic papers were destroyed
Fire on the upper floors Of Downey's
livery stable Washington. y. e. caused
a loss Of about 100000. Some of the
finest carriages owned in Washington,
many Of them belonging to senators.
members Of the diplomatic corps and
wealthy Washingtonians. stored in the
building, were OIrEed.
The deaths of the two daughters Of
former Mayor Colfax, Of South Bend,
Ind. are attributed to milk-poisoning.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.

The total attendance at the worries
fair German day was lSi,552.
The new United states battleship
Nebraska was launched, Friday, al So
attic, Wash.
Twenty-oue persons are said to have
been drowned in the recent foods in
New Mexico.
The secretary o. the Missouri state
board 81 agriculture estimates that The
corn yield Of the state viii be 1885,
OVo 600 bushels.
Daniel Shanks. Of Buffalo, n. Y, o
fu!l-blooded Seneca Indian, was robbed
Of s45 by confidence men in St. Louis
county, Missouri.
4 dinner was given 10 the Chicago
board OF trade, Friday night, in TN
town hail at the Worlds fair Mode
City. by the St. Louis Merchants ex.
change.
King Leopold OF Belgium was Sc
verely arraigned by a British delegate
in the International Peace congress
being ccusured for the cruc!,ies in th'
Congo Free State.
Judge Smith. Of the New York 81
preme corrt, denied the injunction tc
prevent the Automobile Association %
America from conducting It's racsni
meet on Long Island,
Despite the many offers made to touI
the country after the Worlds fair, hi
Philippine cGnstabuary band VIII re
turn Immediately at the close of th'
exposition to Manila.
Because she was suspected OF steal
Ing "A watch, Efie COatncy aged II
employed at the Grand Central hotel
Eureka Springs. Ark. committed sui
eide by taking morphine.
Two Johnson county (Mo.) farmer
tell of talking with Mrs, Anna Bentley
Robert Sassaman and Carl Miller q,
the afternoon Of May 80, the day Mile
was murdered near Holden,
Mayor and Mrs. ROlla Wells OF s
Louis gave a dinner TO Mayor and Mr.
Carter Harrison Of Chicago at tn
Worlds fair German pavilion Frida
night. Plates were set for 20.
The committee on ceremonies ha
set aside October 90 as Renault day
the Worlds fair. II Is expected I
prove one ~ the greatest family eel'
bratIons yet held at the Worlds fai
Facsimiles Of the great seal OF III
city Of 81. Louis will adorn the bead
boards Of the new cruiser st. Loul
now building tor the United STATE
navy IN TIE sh!pyards at philadelphia
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
IATEH

ofncial notice was received by the
post Office department, on the 10th, In
q telegram from Dodwell & Co, Of Ia
coma, Wash, that they decline to
carry the United States mails during
the remainder Of the Russo-Japanege
war, on account Of recent seizure Of
mails by the Russians.
Gomez Garlic. the Guatemalan
minister to Germany, fought a duel in
Paris, on the 10th. with Jacques
Laudun, the editor of a sporting jour-
nal, for writing disrespectfully of the
president Of Guatemala. NJ. Laudun
was slightly wounded. The minister
vas unframed.
Karl Karrer, who was arrested at
Council Bluffs, la, or the 9th. on a
charge of holding up Miss Francis
Flood and robbing the bank of Trey
nor, Ia, of s1,10o, has made a confess
sion, and returned the greater part Of
the stolen money.
William Powell. a negro, formerly
body servant to Lieut.-Gen. Cnaffee,
ana for - year a regular soldier,
pleaded guilty to wifc-murder at Kan
sas City Mo, on the 10th. and was SEN
fenced to % year in the Missouri PEN
itentiary.
Mrs. John Angel. who created a sem
sation a few year ago by bringing suit
against the heirs Of Jay Gould, saying
she was the widow of the multi-mll-
| ~lionaire and demanding "a share of his
property, is dead at Rouse's Point,
y. Y.
Renewed rumors are heard at st.
Petersburg of a secret understanding
| with Germany, which will permit the
car to withdraw large numbers Of
troops from the western frontier for
| service in the far east.
K. VI. Mcfarland, vice-prosident Of
The defunct National bank al Holden
willie. |. r., was arrested, on the lotn,
ana placed under a $4,000 bond on a
charge Of misappropriation of the
banks funds.
Robert ]. Wynno, the nan who was
mainly responsible for the ~uncOverinG
OF frauds in the pos' Office department,
wa, On the 10Th, appointed postmaster
general ny President Roosevelt.
The ihirty-siXth anniversary OF the
beginning Of the first Cuban revolution
and the declaration OF Independence
or death was celebrated in Havana
on me 10Th.
Twcnty-eiEht persons were killed and
GO injured by IA collision Of Missouri
racifc trains 'hree miles cast Of War
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
FATHERS BRUTAL CRIME
ki':s Ills Two Children, Aged Three
aud Four N"nrs. Then Take"
His Own Itfc.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 1~l.-Bohumil
Schnepp, a Bohemian, As years old, liv-
ing at No, 4S Congress street, took his
two children. Emma and John, aged
Tour and three years, into the cellar
of their home Monday afternoon, and
killed them by shooting in the tenn
pie. The children had been gagged to
prevent an Outcry. After killing his
children, Schnepp wen to the ceIne-
terry, where his wife, who died a year
ago, is buried, and shot himself in the
head, His wound Is believed TO be not
fatal.
Besides shooting his children,
Schncpp struck them on the head with
n t%Yc-pound hammer. Schnepp has
been i'll for months, and has brooded
over the death OF his wife.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
REFUSE TO CARRY
MAIL DURING WAR
Mr.. Wynne, New Postmaster-Gen-
eral, Gets Formal Notice.
THE COMPANY is INCENSE0
The Ruthless Action Of the R~ussinns
Regarding the Cnlchns ArOuses
Anger Of Tacoma steam.
ship Company.

Washington, oct. 11.-Oficial notice
was received by the post Office depart
nent, Monday, in a telegram from
DOdwell & Co, of Tacoma, Wash, that
hey decline to carry the United States
mails during the remainder of the
Ru~sso-Japanese war, on account OF
the seizure of mails on the steamer
Calchas, which sailed from Tacoma
early in July. The Geographic notifi-
cation protested against the seizure as
an outrage against this country, and
asked what action probably would he
aiken by the government. The with
drawal of the steamers operated by the
company will not cause any material
difference in the dispatch Of mails TO
the orient. Mails were dispatched by
them once a month, and such mail as
would have been forwarded by them
will be diverted to other lines. There
will be six dispatches of mails TO the
orient during October by other trans
Pacific lines. None of these companies
Is under contract.
Following is the telegram t o the de-
paltment:
"Following cable just received from
Alfred Hoyt & Co., of Liverpool, own
ers Of the British steamer Calchas,
which vessel was seized by Vladivo-
stok squadron of the japanese coast
about July &c:
"'Calchas' appealed against by Rus
sian crown advocate because among
mail matter was financial information
addressed to japanese officials con-
tanning information of value to the
enemy. We give definite instructions
TO notify post Office department that
VIC refuse to carry any mail for Japan
during the duration of the war
THE Calchas is one Of the regular
liners between the Puget sound, Lon
don and Liverpool, via Japan, China
and the Suez canal. She was on her
regular voyage, and her cargo con-
tanned no contraband. Understand the
Russian crown advocate bases his APP
peal against release, on the fact that
United States mail carried by Calchas
contained information for Japanese of
ticials. Hope United States will take
immediate action against confiscation
and detention of Calchas on account Of
carrying United States mails, This is
certainly an outrage against the Unit
ed States that should not be allowed
TO pass. Please be notified that during
the duration of the war We must de-
cline to carry United States mails for
Japan. Kindly advise what action
probably be taken by department.
POStmaStcr-Gcncral Wynnc later
the matter. The state department
probably Will enter into correspond
cnce with the Russian government to
ascertain the facts in the lattcr's pos
session.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
ARRESTED on FRAUD ORDER
Postal authorities After Man who
Advertised 10 Give something
For Nothing.

Washington. Oct. 1l.-Christopher d.
Marsh, manager Of the National Con-
test Co.. which advertised that the
company intended giving prizes to the
amount Of $4,000 In cash to those
making correct or nearly correct
guesses OF the total number of votes
received by the successful candidates
for the presidency, was arrested here
Monday on the charge of setting up q
game of chance. He was held under
bond for appearance in the police court
Tuesday.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14

Kuropstlin. before taking the often
sive. issued on address to his troops say
Ing that they are at last strong enough
numerically TO defeat the Jeps; that
there will be no more Russian retreats
and that Port Arthur will be relieved.
Russians have taken the offensive
south Of Mukden n Bentsiaputze was
captured after q brisk battle. The Jap
anse defeat is said 10 be due to their fail
ure to fortify a hin commanding the
town.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-10-14
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and 20
litical Notes, Business Failures ana
Resumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
DOMESTIC.

John smith, supposed 10 DC tNe man
who killed Sheriff II. o. Harris, OF St
Croix county, Wis, three months ago,
has been captured and is confined tenn
porarily In the insane hospital at Men
Gotta, Wis.
Charles Saunders and Mrs. Ella Ham
mond, Of Newark, Del, were instantly
killed al Elkton, Nd. While crossing the
railway tracks their buggy was struck
by a train
During "A heavy fog the steamer Bos-
cowiz struck a reef on Harble Down
island, IN the Pacific ocean. -Four pas
senecrs, children, were drowned. The
crew and 1855 passengers were saved.
The Phoenix line steamer BrItish
Princess. from Antwerp, arrived at New
York, bringing 1856 Percheron horses
and 1000 birds Of various kinds,
John Moore. aged 81, b~aIioonist o.
Charleston, w. Va fell from a parachute
at Frankfort, Ky, breaking both ankles
and an arm and sustaining internal IN
juries which nay cause his death.
The price Of anthracite coal was al.
vanced 20 cents d ton by all the retail
dealers Of Boston.
Burglars entered the residence Of Mr.
John A. Stewart, at Ashctille, y. C., and
secured Slo,UOo worth or diamonds.
MIS-. Erina Ewing rainier the IaSl oi
tie TWO "ossihed' sisters, Gied at Shef-
burne, n. Y, aged 80. Mrs. Palmer had
lain motionless upon her back, totally
blind and with every muscle rigid for The
last Y years.
Grief because She shot her husband
was the cause assigned by physicians
Tor the death OF MIS-. Peter Lewis al
Leon, la. She recently shot and klIIcd
her husband whom h m!stook Tor d
chicken thicf
Minnie Harmening "A l7-ycar-old gin
near Palatine. H., al first believed &c
have been Killed by a fieLGish assailant
was declared a suicide by a cOrOners
jury.
Within six days nine men who used
receivers in efforts 70 rob were sen.
fenced In Chicago TO prison for life. anC
a great decrease H. crime Is predicted
p q result
Southern delegates 70 the E~piscopa
convention IN Boston fought resolution
calling Oh the church TO lcnounce lynch
Ing Of egrOc
An automobile with nine person,
plunged over an embankmcnt in New
York falling IN front Of a rallway
train and three persons were Killed. one
fatally hurt and five Others seriously IN
iured.
The Tracey hotel in South St Joseph
MO. burned, four persons losing then
!Iv"S.
Automobiles to the number Of i27 were
Drought to America through the port Of
Nc" YORK during the min" months ended
oc'ober l. h total value Of the Az
machines was sl6Oo, 600, giving an aver,
aye OF ABOUT Sft"o Tor each machine
Inc du'y paid on the machines at AZ 20!
cent amounted 10 S'2",o1O.
b battleship Nebraska was launchet
~ Seattle, Wash. Miss Mary MhIl
Mickey, a daughter Of Gov Mickey, sioG,
sponsor for the vessel.
Increased activity and encouragin,
conditions are recorded in the weekly
IeVle" OIL tiade, published by X G. DIN
Geo
MISS !nea Hanson. Of Chicago, was ar
rested In New York on a charge Of tryini
to Obtain $4,000 from a street railws,
company by perjury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
THROU GANG FROM CARS.
Police Declare Riot OUer Ten Cent
Fares Has Planned.

a serious riot was barely averted at the eJecttns
point of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
at Neck Road and Coney Island-ave.. yesterday
Fifteen young men said by the police TO be mem
BEES OF an organized gang from the Seventeenth
Ward, who refused 10 pay second fare while
riding 10 the island elected by the inspectors
at that point The leaders OF the gang were hurled
TO the by several stalwart "bouncers, while
the followers more gently led from the car.
When the signal given TO start the the
gang made attempt to again board Il. but were
prevented by the police.
The latter said they had received tip that a
riot had been planned \ dozen men maintained
order at the Neck Road ejecting point There were
than thirty passengers who refused to
pay lO-cent fare Only few Of these were forci-
bly, elected.
The Coney Isand and Brooklyn Railroad Com
pany introduced new system for their passengers
Instead of carrying them TO the PabSt loop sta
ton at Surf-ave.. the conductors ordered the cars
cleared when within two blocks of the station.
compelling the indignant passengers 70 walk ecross
the railroad tracks used by the outgoing cars.
Many escapes from being run down re-
suited. The conductors said their orders were TO
stop before entering the station yard. Inspectors
refused 10 say what orders had been given
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
THEFT At SOUTH FERRY.
Erecting Struggle uith Robber on
EIeUated Station.

a. c. Schlesinger. said by the police TO be a
member of the Produce Exchange. had an excit-
ing experience with two pickpockets on the
South Ferry station of the elevated roads ABOUT
1870 o'clock last night. He succeeded in captur-
ing one man, whom he accused OF picking his
pocket Of his wallet. containing large sum or
money. and the purse Of a young woman COM
panion. In the scuffle the wallet dropped to the
platform and schlesnger recovered it. The
woman's purse. which contained a small sum Of
money, was returned later in queer manner
to the station agent.
The prisoner said he John Carmel. TWEEN
ty-cne years old. of No. Il East Twenty-sixth-st.
Schlesinger said ne felt a hand in the pocket.
turned quickly and grabbed Carmel. Then he
shouted for help. Several men were standing
about but no one went 70 his assistance, and
Carmels companion, young man, got away.
Schlesinger said that Carmel passed the purse
to his accomplice. Policeman Dapping. OF the
Old Slip station. arrived while schlesnger was
struggling with Carmel, and placed the latter
under arrest. 1t was then that Schesinger saw
his pocketbook on the platform and picked 1t up
While Schlesinger in the police station
Frederick Busch. the ticket agent at the South
Ferry station, appeared with womans purse
In his hand.
did you ever see this before?' he asked of
the complainant.
Yes" replied Schlesinger. that is the one
that was stolen from me-"
Busch said he selling tickets when
young man. with his hat over his eyes walked
quickly up 10 the window and threw the purse
inside. When Busch picked it up and looked
again for the man he had disappeared. The
pocketbook contained 81 IL. Busch said in the
police station:
This thing occurs nightly and the police
don't seem to be making any effort to stop It.
Although IL was q busy hour there wasn't
single plain clothes the platform, nor
one in the vicinity. The policeman in uniform,
who has TO look out for the street. too. the
only officer anywhere near. l not COM
planning OF him; he did his duty; but it seems
as II We might have better attention"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
FRAUD CHARGED OVER ESTATE.
Nephew Alleged to Have Secured Chicago
Recluses Wealth by Unfair Means.

Chicago July l6.-Alleging fraud and undue in
iuence on the part of the executors before the
Will was signed and delivered. Nicholas o. Cline
of Frederick Nd. has filed bill In the Circuit
Court here 10 set aside the will Of his brother
George T. Cline the millionaire real estate op-
orator, who died about year ago. leaving an
estate estimated at almost 100000.
The bill Of particulars sets forth that for two
months before his death George T. Cline endured
much suffering. and great part OF that time was
under the influence OF opiates administered TO
relieve his pain. 1t alleges that George F. Cline
of Los Angeles. and r. Yeake. OF Frederick Md
nephews of the dead man. and Edwin A. Warield
OF this city. attended Mr. Cline at Mercy Hospital!
where he confined for months before his
death. and declares that these caused him TO
sign a will giving them absolute control of the
entire estate for indefinite time and without
bonds
George I. Cline owned much real estate In and
about Chicago He came here early in the sos
and lived the life of recluse. None knew of his
vast wealth until few months before his death
when inventory OF the estate showed property
valued at nearly 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
PANAMA LOSES PORT.
Pacific Mail Steamships to Make
4ncon Their Terminus.

San Francisco. July 16-After nearly sixty
years of service. the southern terminus for the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company's liners the
city Of Panama. will longer be the last port
of call. for, beginning with the departure OF
the steamship Barracuda to-day, all vessels
will clear :or Ancon, in the canal zone. which
is the port of entry recently established by the
Canal Commission. and which is in American
territory. Gable advices just received from the
isthmus say that all American vessels will be
entered at the new port under the same rules
as those prevailing IN other United States entry
ports.
AS a result. steamships In the future will
escape foreign port fees and tonnage dues,
which have been comparatively high. Ancon.
the southern terminus for the Pacific Mail
steamships is the old town OF La Boca, close
to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and about
three miles north OF the city of Panama. 1t
is the western entrance to the proposed canal
and has deep water channel, which the French
company built at the time it endeavored to
create the waterway across the isthMus-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
THIEVES BUSY THERE.
-Four Robberies an a Week IN Ire
mont District.

The police of the fremont precinct, in The
Bronx. are convinced that a gang OF freebooters
is working in that section of the city. Within
the last week four robberies have been COM
mitted in the precinct. One of these was an un-
usually bold burglary In broad daylight.
This took place in the fat of Frank T KEEL
lock, at No. 1876 Bathgate-ave. In the absence
of the family early yesterday, three men drove
up In delivery wagon, entered and ransacked
the house, and escaped with booty worth 500.
Earlier in the morning Charles Ruddisheser,
of No. l.O4i Tiffany-st.. was waylaid in front Of
his home by two unknown men and robbed of a
small sum. Other victims of the supposed gang
are Frank T. Keock. Of No 1876 Bathgate-
ave. who had valuable clothing and tewelry
stolen from his apartment while he was away
last week, and William Jaffney who was way
laid IN front OF Proesels Hotel and relieved Of
$40 and a gold watch