Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-07-14

Inc corn crop Is placed at 81, which IL
higher than 1t has been at this time
since 1902. Everything indicates an
extra large crop. The oats yield 10
the section Just harvested was esti.
mated at % bushels per acre. Only
about One.lalf the crop has been har.
vested. Owing to the dry weather the
clover and timothy crops are very
poor.
A Cut In Freight Rites.
The board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners last April issued an
amendment to their schedule prescribe
ing a very much reduced rate on -four
in less than car load lots, that is to
say, on 10000 pound lots or more. The
board has now. issued an order effective
August 1, applying the flour rates to
meal, bran, mill stuffs, shorts, mid
dlings, grain screenings and ground
feed. The effect of this order will be
to reduce the rate on mill products in
less than car load lors about 40 per
cent, thereby saving to the customers
In this state many thousands of dollars
in the course of a year
Interest OU state Money.
State Treasurer Gmelich has received
from the state repositories the inter-
est on the states money in their
keeping for the month of June. the
amount being s7,7S4.73. The total
sum derived by the state from this
source for the three months ending
June 30 is s24,647.1S. In May the in
terest amounted to $S,352.1S. and in
April IL was $S.51c.27. The several
repositories paid these respective
Sims in June.
Natural GINS for Springfield.
Daniel B. Holmes. who represents a
gas company Of Kansas City which
has teen operating in the Kansas
fields, has been granted a franchise BY
the Springfield city council to supply
natural gas. The company represent.
ed by Mr.. Holmes owns the line re.
Gently built to Joplin, and it is pro.
posed to extend it to Springfield. sup
plying gas r. all the intervening towns
through which the pipes pass.
BHm nh ruptcy Petition.
An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy against the Kansas City Coal
and Coke company has been filed in
the federal court at Kansas City by
Karnes, New & Krauthoff. attorneys.
who represent a number of creditors.
The company is n of the properties
rortrolloJ la, ~ nop1tp tho Tnnn1<n
millionaire. whose bank, the First Ma.
tiona!. failed.
Corporation awye nn Isxue.
John Abbott Clark, of Cameron, ut
the Folrth IF July celebration at
Stewardship, declared hat the corpo.
ration LAWYER would be an issue in fl.
ture political campaigns. He said
that the ills of the country were not
due to the misuse of the ballot or to
political bosses, but to the lawyers.
who assisted illegal combinations OF
wealth to legally plumber the people.
For the srnte Fair.
The executive committee of the Mis-
souri, state fair board has completed
further arrangements for the ffth
annual fair, August 81 to % inclusive.
Ex-Gov. N. J.. Coleman. of st. Louis
was selected to make the address on
old settlers'day. Tuesday. the 21st. A
lecture room was ordered constructed
in the dairy building.
Rolled Down Embank ment.
Kansas City Southern passenger
train No. 2, northl,ound. jumped the
track at the Narrows above Shoal
creek, ~ miles south of joplin. whilH
running ut a speed Of 30 miles an
hour. and four coaches and chair cars
roll I'd down the embankment. More
Of the passengers were killed. but l:
were injured.
Leaves sednlia for Topeka.
Rev. Theodore Bundenthal. for eight
years pastor Of st. Paul's Lutheran
church at Sedalia. has resigned to
scce pit the pastorate of the Lutheran
church at Topeka.
killed by Ex plUding Emery.
William Schmidt. owner Of . ma
chine shor in Jefferson City. was
struck by fragments of an emery
wheel. which exploded while he wa
operating it. His skull was crushed
producing almost instant death.
Gov. Folk at springfield.
Gov. Fox made a speech at the lay
Ing of the corner stone of the new st
Johns hospital at Springfield. HI