The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-10-12
Happenings Here and There.

Americans easy game.
The Doodle investigation at Little
Rock will be resumed October %.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, is to have II
new national hank with $50, 1000 capital.
The gate receipts of the Illinois state
fair, which closed Saturday, aggregat-
ed $780, ,794,
John Mitchell tells the miners that
agreements are possible without strikes
and lockouts.
Kansas has /, ,543,SlS people, and mon.
ey on deposit in her banks to make $50
for each of them.
Vice President Fairbanks has let the
contract for the erection of a $35, 200
residence on his estate at Mansfield.
1t is estimated that the recent ty.
phoon in the Philippines damaged the
hemp crop TO the extent OF $5,000,000
Eleven bandits we're shot at Guadala-
jara. Mexico, by the rurales, for hold
ing up mining man aud his two as
slstants.
The japanese losses in the late war
aggregate 46,1s0 killed, 10, $50 died of
wounds and Is, 800 Of disease, a total of
u, $50 dead.
The Illinois Central railroad manage.
ment issues its 55th annual report,
showing an increase in both freight
and passenger traffic.
The land Office at King6sher, Okla,
is 10 be discontinued and the remaining
business OF the district sent to the FL
Reno and Woodward offices.
At Lexington, Kentucky, Saturday
Dan Patch paced the fastest mile ever
made in harness, lowering his own, the
worlds record, from 1866 to LOST,
A new York syndicate headed by
David Draper OF South Africa has pur.
chased $1,000 acres of land in Elliott
county, Kentucky, at $32 an acre.
C. l.. Melving has been sent TO the
penitentiary for the larceny of the dy-
mantle with which he tried to blow up
alithe Joints in lola, Kansas, last sum-
mer.
AT Jasper, Indiana, one night last
week, whitecappers dragged John
Geissler from his bed and administered
a severe beating, leaving him In a
serious condition.
Pat Grove has been taken back to
Omaha. He is disinclined TO talk of
his connection with the abduction of
Eddie Cudahy and says the truth will
come out at the trial.
Miss Meany, appointed by the presi-
den, to take charge Of the hospital
service In Porto Rico, has declined the
work to wed jefferson Allison, n well
known Arkansas knight OF the grip.
On account of recent revelations In
regard TO the methods OF high finance
pursued by some Of the big insurance
companies, the license Of the New York
Life to do business In Nevada has been
revoked.
The British consul at Monestir has
received package containing human
ear, with letter declaring that the
man to whom it belonged, one Wills,
will be murdered unless ransom Of
s., 1000 be paid by October Is.
Application has been made to the
president for the pardon OF DR.. j. B.
Vernon, who is serving time at Jeifer-
son City for bribery. The matter was
referred to Col. d. p. Dyer, U. S. dis
trict attorney at st. Louis, for investi-
cation and report
Leaving Washington on the 18th in.
slant, President Roosevelt, accompa.
MED by his private secretary and DR..
Rixey, will start on a southern tour, in
cluding New Orleans. The people Of
New Orleans have been quite anxious
lest their city be left out OF the timer
airy on account OF the yellow fever, but
physicians are Of opinion there will be
no danger in daylight visit, and the
president is unwilling to disappoint
the people.
The president has established new
forest reserve In Arizona, which is to
be called the TOnto reserve, and is in
tended TO protect the watershed of
Tonto creek, an important feeder Of the
great irrigation reservoir 10 be created
near Phoenix. The reserve will con.
tain 1,120,0O acres, and will extend
north and south from the Magellan
plateau to Salt river. and east and west
from the Verde valley to the White
mountain Indian reservation.
DR.. Stevenson had numerous patients